Video: Interview from Down Under

13-9-2010 23:04

We have conducted an interview with Immunity member Gareth "gazR" Lynn and Chris "GoMeZ" Orfanellis from DICEVIP, to get an impression of what Counter-Strike 1.6 is like Down Under.

Most of you might associate Australia with Kangaroos, Koala Bears, Sydney Opera House and Aboriginals. During our time in Beijing for the MSI BEAT IT finals we conducted an interview with Gareth "gazR" Lynn from Immunity and Chris "GoMeZ" Orfanellis from DICEVIP, for you guys to get a better insight in what the Counter-Strike 1.6 scene is like Down Under.

Hit play on the video below and watch this 6:14 minutes long interview with the Aussies.

Immunity are currently bootcamping at Inferno Online in Stockholm, where they are preparing for World Cyber Games 2010 in Los Angeles later this month. The Australians have been drawn into Group E, facing Lions, Evil Geniuses and FACE2FACE!, in what is by far the toughest group of the eight.

Make sure to follow Immunity right here on HLTV.org during their adventures at WCG 2010, as we will be onsite to see how they cope with the rest of the world.

will be hard for immunity :X hope australia can get to a more professional level soon, eventhough its hard cause of the reason they've mentioned. but maybe they can do some damage and suprise at the WCG's.

2010-09-13 23:14

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gazR should be comedian instead of gamer.. lol

2010-09-14 13:33

australian accent is cool :D And the guy @ right is right :P They are 'disconnected' from the world.

2010-09-13 23:09

gl in future

all i know about australia are the kangaroos! Jk'ing i have many aussies friends :) they are unluckyest team ever lol in a group with Lions,eg and ex-Burning! it's a good thing tho that they are training day by day for WCG :) GL boys =)

2010-09-13 23:10

atleast immunity seems to have solid sponsors who can send them to china and to sweden to bootcamp, thats hard to come by for a lot of other countries that are a bit more off the grid.

2010-09-13 23:11

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I thought someone's paying for their expenses to China? The event is sponsored by MSI right?

2010-09-14 22:08

ah that might be, i was just going off the logos on his shirt hahaha :P

2010-09-14 23:13

so unbelievably ul with the group :(

2010-09-13 23:12

Keep in mind that this interview was done before the groups for WCG got drawn. Great to get some words from Down Under, not a whole lot we hear from and about them in general.

i can talk all day :)

2010-09-14 10:50

Meanwhile in Australia... img545.imageshack.us/img545/4719/meanwhileinaustralia.jpg

2010-09-13 23:16

:D:D:D

2010-09-15 17:02

what did he mean by "you can't purchase counter-strike 1.6 anymore" ?

2010-09-13 23:21

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In stores I guess.

2010-09-13 23:24

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yeah that was my guess. but thats kind of weird, right?

2010-09-13 23:25

I guess it dosnt really help the growth of the game in any way. Still it should be the same conditions for CSS, but it might be different, I dont know.

2010-09-13 23:26

no, unfortunately we still see CS:S on shelves.

2010-09-14 08:08

Maybe not in stores anymore, but you can still buy it online through steam afaik.

2010-09-14 00:41

But new players wont know what Steam is.

2010-09-14 05:58

BENORRRRRR

2010-09-15 04:15

yeh cannot buy cs 1.6 in store in NZ and Aussie anymore, only through steam, confirmed :D

2010-09-14 03:23

The only way to get Counter-Strike in Australia is through steam. Most people who dont play games go to the shops and see Counter-Strike Source so they end up buying that.

2010-09-14 05:20

Yea the only way to purchase CS 1.6 now days is from the steam website, and its not like many people new to gaming know about it. Although with those new updates to css ive seen a lot more people coming back to 1.6 :D

2010-09-14 09:49

i really hope these dudes will go far, australia deserves a top team to represent the oceania :) gl immunity

2010-09-13 23:22

"Most of you might associate Australia with Kangaroos, Koala Bears, Sydney Opera House and Aboriginals." FUUUUUUUUU... DIDGERIDOO!!!

2010-09-13 23:23

nice

2010-09-13 23:39

they seem desperate for tournaments, invite them to arbalet or smth like that;d!

2010-09-13 23:44

wish u the best o/

2010-09-13 23:53

since greece won't be able to send a team to WCG's finals, can't the orga switch one of FACE2FACE!/EG/Lions in the second group with Na'Vi and executioners? really those groups are unfair..

2010-09-14 00:00

Lions/EG/F2F and immunity lol :/

2010-09-14 00:07

What does peekay think about this interview?

2010-09-14 00:14

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Its early morning for peekay, let him have some rest :)

2010-09-14 00:15

peekay is very busy these days, he designs helicopters for the army

2010-09-14 10:51

2010-09-14 13:19

LOL

2010-09-14 05:13

Ping from one side of Australia to the other is around 100 area, just horrible.

2010-09-14 00:22

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Still, Australia is so freaking huge, would you go the same distance in Europe, it would most likely be a similar ping.

2010-09-14 03:14

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And same for India xD

2010-09-14 06:06

Yeh but most country's in Europe have good internet, we have a huge country, small community and shit internet. Sucks!

2010-09-14 07:32

youre not alone

2010-09-14 09:21

thank god for living in central europe :D

2010-09-14 13:29

it's not solely the distance too, it's the terrible infrastructure

2010-09-14 00:38

I thinked a lot, how they can play pcw vs fx if they live in other continent, now i know! :)

its a small community but everyone knows each other, plus if we do get the "new" kids that do join and play cs well lets just say, they play in pub ONLY with 3rd party help.

2010-09-14 01:17

What did the guy to the right just say at you can't buy counter-strik 1.6 anymore? :D

2010-09-14 01:20

He means we obviously can buy it through steam but it isn't in Stores anymore so it is a lot more difficult to get new players into the game

2010-09-14 01:48

Koalas!

2010-09-14 01:26

yeh the accent is great "teims"

2010-09-14 01:39

I think he says "You know" 800 times kewL :=)) nice interview btw

2010-09-14 01:55

Aussie accent owns!

2010-09-14 03:41

Desperately awaiting word from Peekay

2010-09-14 03:56

I think peekay is still drying his pants

2010-09-14 05:15

peekay is warming up hes computer

2010-09-14 05:39

I'd say its ALOT harder keeping the new players in the community, as everyone are outright dickheads to people that arn't familiar with the game. Just ask ultraviolet or dx.

2010-09-14 07:20

LOL. PEEKAY APPROVES

2010-09-14 08:41

hi, im the guy in the interview, i havent watched it yet since im still in china and they block youtube. basically what i meant was "you can only buy 1.6 if you have steam already installed". Most people buy Battlefield or Medal of Honor which dont use steam, therefore they never get the the chance to play CS. If Valve/Vivendi brought out something decent on Steam (Steam Only Game) i think Cs numbers would improve

2010-09-14 09:09

gazr dah king

2010-09-14 09:24

Im the next future star of australia in 1.6

2010-09-14 09:59

that gomez guy is pretty cute

2010-09-14 10:19

;)

2010-09-14 10:48

He is single too

2010-09-14 11:05

Great guys, was nice to meet you IRL Chris and Gareth.

2010-09-14 10:41

you 2 danny, not sure when our paths will cross again, but hopefully soon

2010-09-14 10:47

I hope very soon mate.

2010-09-14 23:08

All I have to say to Gary is.. FOOOOOOOOT

2010-09-14 11:24

I would really struggle to say 1.6 is the 'dominant' competitive game in australia atm

2010-09-14 11:52

GoMeZ teh sex.

2010-09-14 12:01

nSo sure thinks so

2010-09-14 12:38

#64 you also struggle to obtain a mate.

2010-09-14 12:15

I come from the land down under =)

2010-09-14 12:29

Sadly they would need to pull off a great set of performances to even have a chance of advancing from their group at WCG. Well, good luck :) You never know with Counter-Strike.

2010-09-14 12:32

misleading news title :D

2010-09-14 12:37

Noun: down under Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the South Pacific. ?? :)

2010-09-14 12:50

Dont play smart, you know what i mean :D

2010-09-14 12:52

noobs

2010-09-14 13:47

Woot! All the aussies are lashing themselves out on how horrible australia is e-sports wise...That ain't the way to go aye! Just think of it in a positive perspective...You still can buy cs 1.6 on steam online?

2010-09-14 14:17

i dont think we were doing that at all, maybe you just misunderstood. It is very hard to play counterstrike in Australia

2010-09-14 16:01

I know mate, I lived there for a while. Me lives on teh Gold Coast. You guys are full on focused in CS:S and Team Fortress 2. =] Am i wrong>?

2010-09-14 17:30

actually yeah, you are. the TF2 community isn't very large for competitive play, at least not compared to what 1.6 was. CS:S is dwindling competitively also, with players semi-regularly attempting to make the switch 'back' to 1.6 competition play, but being thwarted due to the lack of it.

2010-09-15 01:48

I hope source will soon be 'dead' there down o'there~ Black Ops > Source

2010-09-14 15:58

wah-o-meter [::::::|::] You have "teams" to play against that's one up on the UK we have about 2 teams that are active / have an "average" understanding of cs / tactics, but other than that it's just glorified bad mixes.. So less wah more pow!

2010-09-14 16:51

Down Undah

2010-09-14 18:04

bootcamp thats so awsome man it's going to do them well and gazR talking the truth Well done boyz.

2010-09-15 20:30

#82 dont forget that geographically we are very far from the rest of the world, being confind to playing within your nation is tough as it is. Making the regular trips that we wish we could make to get better in europe is just not possible financially on a regular basis either.

2010-09-16 04:35